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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayRice75
Final
HomeTulane81
Sunday, February 22, 2026All Long Beach sports
FinalFinalESPN+Play by play
12T
RICE334275
TULN364581
Final

Tulane beats Rice 81-75

Tulane Green Wave beat Rice Owls 81-75 on Sunday at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

The first half made the difference: Tulane outscored Rice 36-33.

Tulane shot 48% to 43% and won the boards 34-27.

For Tulane, Asher Woods (G): 24. For Rice, Nick Anderson (G): 29.

Tulane improves to 17-10. Rice falls to 11-16.

Attendance: 1,957.

Full recap at ESPN: Woods scores 24 to propel Tulane to 81-75 victory over Rice

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#23
RICE · PointsNick Anderson G29
#12
RICE · AssistsTrae Broadnax G6
#23
RICE · ReboundsNick Anderson G7
#22
TULN · PointsAsher Woods G24
#0
TULN · AssistsRowan Brumbaugh G6
#00
TULN · ReboundsCurtis Williams Jr. G8
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
J. Oladokun Jr. F1800-10-00-260001243
N. Anderson G31299-133-68-870100073
C. Carroll G2662-101-41-122120023
T. Broadnax G32165-111-25-626210115
J. Smith G3593-82-61-113200101
E. Eguagie F1541-41-31-241301130
A. Akuchie F1021-20-00-041100042
S. Giwa C1100-00-00-000000001
B. Howell G2293-73-60-000100003
Team7524-5611-2716-202713113262121

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